At 10:44 2000-04-08 -0500, Ray wrote:

>As Neanderthals were closer to modern
>humans than Bonobos are to chimps (which are known to interbreed)

I do not doubt that interbreeding occurred, sometimes, but it is still
different species, both.

>Men, after all, will sleep with anyone in a pinch.

Some even with a plastic dummy :-)

>Any episode of the Jerry Springer Show will be proof of this.

Who is Jerry Springer?

>the experience of waking up next to a near-Neanderthal woman that first
>convinced me of the benefits of sobriety during college.

Apparently at least some male Homo Sapiens Sapiens individuals hesitate
to interbreed with neandertal women, at least without help of drugs.

No one knows if they ever lived close to each other. Lots of archeology
material from the ice age is now under several meters of sea water. And
that is probably some of the most important material.

- Hans
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>Ray Audette
>Author "NeanderThin"
>http://www.neanderthin.com
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